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...And if the group as a whole is unwilling to profess the Catholic faith as the Catholic Church teaches it, why are priests ordained for them, and why are they allowed to regard themselves as an incipient religious house...
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...The Argentine bishops also should say: "we made a mistake," and work intensively to atone for it...
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...But the Argentine people changed less than the policies of the U.S...
...But the "brave and wise Catholic leaders" who told Drinan that a confrontation Church-State would not be productive in Argentina are dead wrong...
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...We are not dealing here with relatively anonymous lay Catholics who may hold, privately, many deplorable opinions and may do a variety of offensive things, some of which they think are morally right, and who still take part, with a clear conscience, in the sacramental life of the Church...
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...Peron in particular, a product of the military caste, corrupted ideals and consciences...
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...If Feeney himself is no longer well enough to deal with the theological issues involved, and wishes to be reconciled with the Church, few would quarrel with the decision of the bishops concerned to make every allowance for him...
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...The guerrillas are fighting, and thousands of courageous Argentine people, including priests, are being killed by the military, precisely because of their courageous opposition to the military tyranny...
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...It is true that apathy has taken over the Argentine people, apathy that can be explained to a large extent by the catastrophic administration of Peron and his wife...
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...To the Editors: Apparently the recent report on the activities of Father Leonard Feeney and his group is expected to relieve concern rather than to arouse it, and perhaps it has done so for some [Jan...
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